Hello Magnus, i've just been reading your Stacks material.
Your aim is to reduce confusion between contributors by allowing them to understand each other better. What a good idea. Applying this to our little chat, it seems to me you are considering what patterns are, and i am considering what patterns do. Patterns, and functions of patterns. Within each layer of patterns (the what is) there are two functions (the what they are doing) as stated in Lila. The pyramid structure analogy establishes what is. The self-regulation aspect is what is happening in order for evolution to advance. It may also be a good way of establishing what is at the same time when both functions are considered together. Which they are come to think of it in Lila. For example, atoms may be Homeostatic. For this to be so there would presumably be a static function and a dynamic function for each atom. The static function which preserves atoms are the tight nuclear forces. The dynamic function are the electronic shells. Carbon has an exceptionally dynamic function. >From a what is perspective, atoms are the wide base of your what is pyramid. I >can't see a problem here. Atoms form molecules, and in doing so regulate themselves. These regulations are what we think of as chemical reactions and equilibrium. They are higher up your pyramid or stack. Animals are vast chemical reactions and equilibria, but at their core is their DNA. The dynamic function of DNA is kept in homeostasis by the chemically dead protecting proteins. These are right up your pyramid. I could go on, but the trajectory is clear. Thank you Ade Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
